How to install XFCE on Debian 10/11

How to install XFCE on Debian 10/11 Overview On this post we are going showcase the steps on how to install XFCE on Debian. XFCE is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems and it’s good choice for PCs/Laptops that don’t have powerful hardware. We are going to show two ways how to install XFCE on Debian… one method is with the tool called tasksel, other is with the apt package manager using the terminal....

May 3, 2020 · 3 min · 521 words · MarkoN

How to dual boot Windows 10 and MX Linux

How to dual boot Windows 10 and MX Linux Overview In this post we will cover the process on how to dual boot Windows 10 and MX Linux. We are going to use a setup were it will have one HDD, Windows 10 already installed, manage partitioning for the MX Linux installation and in the end we will have MX Linux alongside Windows 10 in dual boot setup. It is strongly advisable, before proceeding with these steps, backup you system just in case....

July 3, 2019 · 7 min · 1413 words · MarkoN

How to create a swap file in Linux

How to create a swap file in Linux Overview We’re going to cover a process how to create a swap file in Linux, how to activate it and how to adjust it. You might have heard of linux swap term or maybe of linux swap space when you installed your Linux distro on your PC/server. If you were not sure about creating a linux swap space process and didn’t create one for some reason, you can instead create a Linux swap file instead....

February 6, 2019 · 6 min · 1084 words · MarkoN

How to upgrade Kernel on Linux Desktop

How to upgrade Kernel on Linux Desktop Overview In this article we will cover the process how to upgrade Linux kernel on Linux Desktop. This will be a step by step tutorial. We will first do the process of upgrading the kernel on Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Debian and Debian based distros. We’ll show you multiple ways how to upgrade the Linux kernel(via system app, third party app and command line). There’s also a process where you download the Kernel package on your PC and manually install it - that process requires to compile the kernel, but we will cover that some other time since the procedure has many steps to go through....

February 5, 2019 · 6 min · 1081 words · MarkoN

How to dual boot Manjaro and Windows 10

How to dual boot Manjaro and Windows 10 Overview In this post we will cover the process how to dual boot Manjaro and Windows 10. We are going to use a setup were it will have one HDD, Windows 10 already installed, manage partitioning for the Manjaro installation and in the end have Manjaro alongside Windows 10 and dual boot setup. We will be dual boot Manjaro version 18 and Windows 10....

January 19, 2019 · 7 min · 1285 words · MarkoN

Mount a network shared drive on Linux

How to mount a network shared drive on Linux Overview In this post we will go through the process on how to mount a network shared drive on Linux.The procedure is executed on Debian and Ubuntu distros using the cifs-utils and for CentOS as well. With this method, not only you can mount a network shared drive, you can also use this method to mount other network shared locations(network shared folders or other network shares)....

December 11, 2018 · 4 min · 831 words · MarkoN

Run Linux on Android phone

Run Linux on Android phone Ever thought that you can run Linux on android phone? Actually you can. And the best part is, it’s not that difficult. But there are couple of requirements you need to secure first in order to achieve this. PLEASE NOTE, REALLY IMPORTANT - in order for this process to work, you phone must be rooted. If your phone is not rooted and you want to root it, it can void warranty on your phone....

November 30, 2018 · 3 min · 464 words · MarkoN

Upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 and 17.10 to 18.04 LTS

How to upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 and 17.10 to 18.04 LTS With the great news from Canonical where they stated that they have extended LTS support for Ubuntu 18.04 to 10 years, it is not a bad idea to upgrade Ubuntu to version 18.04. In this post we will cover the process how to upgrade Ubuntu to version 18.04 LTS. Before doing anything, first please backup everything, backup all the data you have....

November 29, 2018 · 2 min · 397 words · MarkoN

Create Windows 10 bootable usb in Ubuntu

How to create Windows 10 bootable usb in Ubuntu Requirements Here we will show you how you can create Windows 10 bootable usb in Ubuntu. In this case, we will do a step by step process and create Windows 10 bootable usb in Ubuntu. There are some requirements for the process, we will use one WoeUSB software for this and of course there will be some commands in the terminal but nothing major, just for the setup and installation....

November 24, 2018 · 4 min · 670 words · MarkoN

Dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04

Dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04 Overview We will cover the steps how to dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04. In this scenario Windows 10 is pre-installed and we will load the Ubuntu installation using the bootable USB. Entire process will be installed on a single HDD. Because of the scenario we have, please before proceeding with this process, make sure to backup everything. Also, check you PC how it boots(UEFI or Legacy) and make sure both OS are installed in the same mode....

November 20, 2018 · 6 min · 1144 words · MarkoN

How to dual boot Windows 10 and Kali Linux

How to dual boot Windows 10 and Kali Linux Requirements In this post we will cover the process how to dual boot Windows 10 and Kali Linux. For this example we will dual boot Windows 10 and Kali Linux 2018.3. Windows 10 will be pre-installed, make a new partition for Kali installation, setup the dual boot and we will use only single drive. That means we will install and dual boot Kali on one HDD or one partition....

November 20, 2018 · 7 min · 1439 words · MarkoN

How to dual boot Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Dual boot Ubuntu and Linux Mint | Dual booting two GNU/Linux distros. Requirements When someone mentions dual boot, often it’s referred to dual booting a GNU/Linux distro and Windows, or Windows and MAC OS X. In this post we will dual boot two Linux distributions and show you step by step how it’s done. This time we will show you how to dual boot Ubuntu and Linux Mint on a single drive....

November 19, 2018 · 4 min · 675 words · MarkoN